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Cell Organelles and Cell Theory

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is NOT part of the Cell Theory?

a)

Cells are the basic unit of life

b)

All cells have a nucleus

c)

All cells come from existing cells

d)

All living things are made of cells

2.

Robert Hooke, Anton Van Leeuwenhoek, Theodor Schwann, Rudolf Virchow, and Matthias Schleiden were all responsible for what theory?

a)

The Theory of Gravity

b)

The Theory of Relativity

c)

The Theory of Life

d)

The Cell Theory

3.

What tool would best help you view cells?

a)

Telescope

b)

Microscope

c)

Glasses

d)

Miniscope

4.

All cells come from _______ cells.

a)

Small

b)

Paternal

c)

Pre-existing

d)

Pregnant

5.

What is the basic unit of all living things?

a)

Cells

b)

Atoms

c)

Molecules

d)

Humans

6.

An organism made of one cell is called:

a)

Unicellular

b)

Multicellular

7.

What is one way all living things on Earth are alike?

a)

All living things have hair or fur

b)

All living things can move

c)

All living things are made of cells

d)

All living things have a chloroplast

8.

A plant and an animal are both living organisms. According to the Cell Theory, what can you conclude about these two different organisms?

a)

Plants have cells but animals do not

b)

They are both made of one or more cells

c)

They both come from the same kind of cell

d)

They both come from non-living organisms

9.

Which organelle is responsible for storing DNA?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Cell Wall

d)

Vacuole

10.

The purpose of the CELL WALL is to:

a)

Convert food into energy for the cell to use

b)

Control the functions of the cell

c)

Provide structure for the cell

d)

Control what goes in and out of the cell

11.

The main reason plant and animal cells have some different organelles is because:

a)

They're completely different animals

b)

They take in energy differently

c)

Animals move and plants don't

d)

Animals are carnivorous and plants aren't

12.

The primary function of the chloroplast is to:

a)

Convert food into energy for the cell

b)

Store water and nutrients

c)

Control the functions of the cell

d)

Perform photosynthesis

13.

Students used a microscope to observe some cells and saw the cells had a cell wall, cell membrane, a nucleus, and many chloroplasts. What kind of cell are they looking at?

a)

A plant cell

b)

An animal cell

c)

A bacteria

d)

A red blood cell

14.

Ms. Penney stored the pig hearts in the refrigerator in the science closet. Which organelle has a function similar to a refrigerator or a closet (storage)?

a)

Chloroplast

b)

Vacuole

c)

Nucleus

d)

Mitochondria

15.

What is the fluid surrounding the organelles in the cell?

a)

Endoplasm

b)

Ectoplasm

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

All-around-plasm

16.

What types of organisms have cells with very large vacuoles because they need to store large amounts of water?

a)

Plants

b)

Animals

c)

Bacteria

d)

Fungi

17.

Why is the mitochondria the POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL?

a)

It converts food into energy for the cell and body to use

b)

It's in charge of all the cells activities

c)

It produces electrical energy for the other cell organelles to use

d)

It grows when you workout just like muscle fibers

18.

What is the different between rough and smooth endoplasmic reticulum?

a)

They both have ribosomes

b)

Neither of them have ribosomes

c)

Rough ER has ribosomes and smooth ER doesn't

d)

Smooth ER has ribosomes and rough ER doesn't

19.

Which organelle is responsible for making proteins?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Ribosomes

c)

Chloroplast

d)

Endoplasmic Reticulum

20.

Which organelle is responsible for packing up and transporting proteins?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Ribosomes

c)

Chloroplast

d)

Endoplasmic Reticulum